Foxconn has reported consolidated revenues of $169.1 million for December 2016, representing a 35.58 percent drop on month and 13.59 percent drop on year.

The company has seen its profits drop 19.39 percent compared with the same time last year which is somewhat like the figures of falling iPhones we have seen.

Foxconn has said it is aiming to reduce its costs by firing all its staff and replacing them with robots, so in the medium term this is not going to be a problem. But as sales of the iPhone 7 dry up the next few months are going to be tight.

All hopes appear to be pinned on the iPhone 8 being more successful than the iPhone 7 which had a minor chip upgrade and wireless headphones, which no one wanted.

Of course it could all be a coincidence. Foxconn still has piles of money and makes shedloads of other products.